Meanwhile, at the hospital, Dr. Timothy Hass (Scott Klace) explains to Sanders that the two tablets he is taking, Prussian Blue, has been used for many years as a poison antidote. He goes on to say that it works best as a preventative. Abby begins her analysis of everything Sanders could have ingested. While Ziva is questioning Sanders she discovers that she knows him from passing him while running in the mornings. This sets a spark between to two that appears to be ultimately doomed by Sanders’ impending death. While DiNozzo and McGee search Sanders' car, they note the smell of cigars (yes, this is foreshadowing). They remove Sanders’ gym bag for analysis by Abby. Gibbs arrives and sends the pair to Sanders’ apartment to look around.
Ziva walks in the garden with Sanders and questions him about his personal life, trying to find if he has a significant other. He says there are none. Ziva begins to look doomed in her attraction to him. She asks him to detail his day, which included a trip to the local shooting range. After Sanders falls faint into Ziva’s arms, the two return to his room to find Sadowski and Russio, the latter of whom Ziva questions more closely about his personal life. When Ziva suggests that he may be gay, Russio says no and proceeds to tell her why (but it is not what you think).
Dr. Timothy Hass (Scott Klace) reports to Ziva that Sander’s radiation levels continues to increase, indicating that he is still being poisoned. As Ziva relates this to Gibbs, Gibbs’ ears perk up at the thought that Sadowski and/or Russio may be trying to kill him. Meanwhile McGee and DiNozzo go to the shooting range where DiNozzo is assaulted by the proprietor, who had previously been sued for sexual harassment. McGee found a hot source at the range, but could not discreetly identify the source. McGee notes that one common denominator is Sadowski who was at the shooting range and in the hospital room. Gibbs had him brought in and leaned on him with no results.
Abby determined that there was cigar ash among the most radioactive of the micro-debris. Thus, the cigars were spiked with thallium, which was subsequently delivered by insufflation. This method of delivery is similar to that of intravenous administration as highly lipid-soluble substances readily pass into the blood stream when inhaled into the lungs. Ziva secured the cigars, and Gibbs requested all of the bank records of everyone at the IAEA. Sadowski falls ill at the same time Gibbs looks at footage from the firing range where Sadowski inhaled second-hand smoke from Sanders’ cigar, thus exonerating him. Russio emerges as a likely suspect. DiNozzo and Ziva have a heart to heart in the hospital lobby.
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